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City Council
AGENDA
Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
Council Chambers, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
*The Agenda has been amended to reflect that Item 6c, Appeal (APPL-0608-2024) of a CUP (USE-
0266-2024) for Embark SLO cannabis retail storefront, has been pulled from consideration at the
Applicants' request, with agreement from the Appellant, and continued to a date uncertain.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT:
Public Comment prior to the meeting (must be received 3 hours in advance of the meeting):
Mail - Delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Address letters to the City Clerk's Office at 990
Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, 93401.
Email - Submit Public Comments via email to emailcouncil@slocity.org. In the body of your
email, please include the date of the meeting and the item number (if applicable). Emails will not
be read aloud during the meeting.
Voicemail - Call (805) 781-7164 and leave a voicemail. Please state and spell your name, the
agenda item number you are calling about, and leave your comment. Verbal comments must be
limited to 3 minutes. Voicemails will not be played during the meeting.
*All correspondence will be archived and distributed to councilmembers, however, submissions
received after the deadline may not be processed until the following day.
Public Comment during the meeting:
Meetings are held in-person. To provide public comment during the meeting, you must be
present at the meeting location.
Electronic Visual Aid Presentation. To conform with the City's Network Access and Use Policy,
Chapter 1.3.8 of the Council Policies & Procedures Manual, members of the public who desire
to utilize electronic visual aids to supplement their oral presentation must provide display-ready
material to the City Clerk by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Contact the City Clerk's
Office at cityclerk@slocity.org or (805) 781-7114.
1.CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Erica A. Stewart will call the Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City Council to
order.
2.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Council Member Emily Francis will lead the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
3.PRESENTATIONS
3.a CITY MANAGER REPORT
Receive a brief report from City Manager Whitney McDonald.
4.PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Not to exceed 15 minutes. The Council welcomes your input. State law does not allow the
Council to discuss or take action on issues not on the agenda, except that members of the
Council or staff may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by persons
exercising their public testimony rights (Gov. Code sec. 54954.2). Staff may be asked to
follow up on such items.
5.CONSENT AGENDA
Not to exceed 15 minutes. Matters appearing on the Consent Calendar are expected to be
non-controversial and will be acted upon at one time. A member of the public may request
the Council to pull an item for discussion. Pulled items shall be heard at the close of the
Consent Agenda unless a majority of the Council chooses another time. The public may
comment on any and all items on the Consent Agenda within the three-minute time limit.
Recommendation:
To approve Consent Calendar Items 5a and 5b.
5.a WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES
Recommendation:
Waive reading of all resolutions and ordinances as appropriate.
5.b CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO SUPPORT FOR SLOCOG’S PURSUIT OF SPECIAL
STATE LEGISLATION TO WAIVE THE 2% BRADLEY-BURNS SALES TAX CAP
FOR A REGIONAL SALES TAX MEASURE FOR TRANSPORTATION
Recommendation:
Approve advocacy on behalf of the City of San Luis Obispo (City) to support
legislation that would provide an exemption from the current Bradley-Burns two
percent local sales tax cap for the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
(SLOCOG) to pursue a regional sales tax measure for transportation, subject to
voter approval.
6.PUBLIC HEARING AND BUSINESS ITEMS
6.a ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND
TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24
(Estimated Time: 30 minutes)
Recommendation:
Review and accept the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and Transportation
Development Act Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
6.b RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO RESTATE THE SOLID WASTE, RECYCLING, AND
ORGANICS FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS AND REVIEW THE PROPOSED 2025
SOLID WASTE RATES (Estimated Time: 60 minutes)
Recommendation:
1.Adopt a Resolution of Intent entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the
City of San Luis Obispo, California, declaring the City’s intent to adopt an
Ordinance restating its existing franchise agreements with San Luis
Garbage Company and set a Public Hearing for March 18, 2025” pursuant
to the provisions of Article X of the City Charter; and
2.Direct the publication and mailing of a notice consistent with Article XIIID of
the California Constitution and the Proposition 218 Omnibus
Implementation Act (Proposition 218) as it relates to solid waste rates; and
3.Set a Public Hearing date of March 18, 2025, to consider the adoption of
the solid waste rates if there is no majority protest in accordance with
Proposition 218.
6.c REVIEW OF AN APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO
APPROVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH A CANNABIS RETAIL
STOREFRONT, EMBARC SLO, AT 2400 BROAD STREET (USE-0266-2024,
APPL-0608-2024) (Estimated Time: N/A, PULLED)
*At the request of the Applicant, and with agreement from the Appellant, this item is
being pulled from the agenda and continued to a date uncertain and will be re-
noticed when a new hearing date is determined.
7.LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Not to exceed 15 minutes. Council Members report on subcommittee assignments, listed
below, and other City activities. At this time, any Council Member or the City Manager may
ask a question for clarification, make an announcement, or report briefly on their activities. In
addition, subject to Council Policies and Procedures, they may provide a reference to staff or
other resources for factual information, request staff to report back to the Council at a
subsequent meeting concerning any matter or take action to direct staff to place a matter of
business on a future agenda. (Gov. Code Sec. 54954.2)
Mayor
Stewart
Vice Mayor
Shoresman
Council Member
Boswell
Council Member
Francis
Council
Member Marx
SLO Council of
Governments
Zone 9 Advisory
Committee
Airport Land Use Nacimiento Water
Project
Air Pollution
Control District
Regional
Economic Action
Coalition
Downtown
Association
Board
SLO Climate
Coalition
Community
Action
Partnership
Integrated
Waste
Management
Authority
CA Men’s
Colony Advisory
Committee
Homeless
Services
Oversight
Committee
Local Agency
Formation
Commission
County Water
Resources
Advisory
Committee
Performing Arts
Center
Commission
CP Campus
Planning
Committee
SLO Regional
Transit Authority
Visit SLO
County Advisory
Committee
Central Coast
Clean Energy
8.ADJOURNMENT
The City Council will hold a Special Meeting, the semi-annual Community Forum, on
Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. at the Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa
Street, San Luis Obispo. The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on
February 4, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San
Luis Obispo.
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